The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-31
PERSONAL.

THE President has decided not to resume his
midday receptions to the public until after Con
gress meets.
THE happiest suggestion yet made to the Post
office Department SAYS the Albany Arg1cs is
that of putting Mrs. Cleveland's portrait ON
new postage stamp
QUEEN VICTORIA and the Prince of Wales are
the only ones in the future to be given special
steamers between England and the continent at
the expense of the English taxpayers.
Mrs. MAGDAIINE BoGGs, of Milton, Indiana,
health is excellent, but her sight has failed, and
she has only tooth left. She finds no diff
Guilty IN eating meat.
Col. JEROME BoNAPARTE, of Washington, is a
thorough hOrseman and a good reinsman, and
when he has charge of spirited team many
persons fancy the expression on his face is very
suggestive of that which some of the pictures of
his great uncle Napoleon have.
Mr.. AND Mas. Provost and Mr.. and Mrs Raw
mond, recently celebrated their golden wed
diugs they having been married on the same
day, fifty years ago. Their eighteen children.
with their descendants and friends. attended
the double reunion which was held at High
Ridge, CT.
Mr.. BARNuMs only partner in the show bust
ness" as Artemus Ward called it, is j. A. Baily,
who retired from the firm on account of illness
some years ago, and now re-enterS it in restored
health, Mr., Hutchinson, one of the retiring
members, has made upward of S1,000,000, which
THOMAS MAST and DR.. Norvin Green are
among the leading members Of the Lenox Club,
which has reopened the rooms OF the old Garlic
ton Club, on West Twenty-flfth street, New
York, and will henceforth make its home there.
John Chamberin, who has proprietary inter-
est in the building, will have general charge of
the cuisine.
PROBABLY the Oldest person in the world who
is taking the ChautauQua literary course is Mrs.
b. Needham, of Bristol, Vt. She is now 90 years
old and exp ects to receive her diploma certify
ing TO the completion of her four years course
in 1859. She seems to feel the weight of her
many years but lightly, and is in better health
than most people at 60. She lives all alone and
has for years done her own work, including her
own dressmaking.
Ex-Gov. PRocToR KNOTT, of Kentucky, writes
to Sunset Cox: my official life closed on Aug
80 IL m, and since then have been resting at
this quiet little country home, with an occasion
al episode in the way of brief speech or a
faithful old friends. What shall do hereafter
do not know; possibly resume the practice of
my profession, maybe 60 at something elSe that
will enable me to turn honest penny
with greater celebrity and less trouble"
Gov. BOB TAYLOR. of Tennessee says that he
is careful of champagne and apple jack, and
this is the why OF the apple jack, "Whe. / was
a boy one cold, frosty night we were out on a
lark in the Tennessee mountains and drank an
abundance OF apple jack. The cold prevented
its taking effect but when came into mothers
warm room IL f1oored me. ! had sense enough 4
not TO talk and groaned how sick was, and
knowing she would smell the brandy said
had stopped by aunt's and got some brandy, .,
but ii had not helped my stomach ache a bit.
She then put me TO bed and spread great big
mustard plaster on me. and Icould not walk for
three weeks. have the marks oft on me yet"